Navigable Waters

June 24, 2021

EPA to Revise or Replace Trump-Era Clean Water Act Rules, But Will Leave Existing Rules In Place For Now

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), under Administrator Michael Regan, has begun the process of reviewing and revising two key Clean Water Act (“CWA”) rules: The Navigable Waters Protection Rule and the CWA Section 401 Certification Rule. Continue reading

Climate Change, Real Estate and Environment, Sustainability, Water

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June 28, 2017

EPA Announces Proposed Rule to Rescind ‘Waters of the United States’ Rule

On June 27, 2017, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced that EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers will be publishing a proposed rule (the Recodification Rule) that would rescind the Obama Administration’s definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Continue reading

Real Estate and Environment, Water

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June 8, 2016

Navigating Hawkes, the Newest Wetlands Ruling from the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court last Tuesday ruled in favor of landowners seeking the right to challenge the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (the Corps) wetlands determinations in federal courts. Continue reading

Real Estate and Environment, Sustainability, Water

Army Corps of Engineers, Clean Water Act, CWA, Jurisdictional Determinations, Navigable Waters, Supreme Court, waters of the U.S.

Navigable Waters

EPA to Revise or Replace Trump-Era Clean Water Act Rules, But Will Leave Existing Rules In Place For Now

EPA Announces Proposed Rule to Rescind ‘Waters of the United States’ Rule

Navigating Hawkes, the Newest Wetlands Ruling from the Supreme Court